The Brent oil price smashed through support last night and is targeting its 2015 lows. The price as I write is at $45.05 and the chart is now ugly:

The big downtrend line is re-established and support broken in the mid-$46s. Lows in the $43s are next and then $40 in my view.
The triggers last night were both strategic and tactical. Bad Chinese data formed a nasty backdrop, then US DOE data was a double blow as inventories jumped:
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